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The Ontogeny Model: Evidence from L2 Acquisition of Spanish.

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Major, Roy C. – Language Learning, 1986

Testing of a second-language phonological acquisition model with four beginning learners of Spanish supported the claim that transfer processes decrease over time while developmental processes increase and then decrease. Analysis also revealed a hierarchical organization of processes in second-language acquisition and an interaction of the native…

Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), College Students, Distinctive Features (Language), Higher Education

Systematicity and Variation in the Non-Native Child's Acquisition of Conversational Skills.

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Keller-Cohen, Deborah – Language Learning, 1979

Reports on an eight month study examining the development of turn-allocation devices in children acquiring English as a second language. The role of prior language experience in second language learning is explored. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Finnish